While not many taxpayers consider the Internal Revenue Service a friend, most do expect the agency to protect their data like a brother. That’s why news revealed last week about a database the IRS posted online of filings for so-called Section 527 organizations, such as political campaign committees, was particularly disturbing. The IRS removed the database from public view after it was informed by a watchdog group, Public.Resource.Org, that it contained the Social Security numbers of tens of thousands of Americans.
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Who Needs Anonymous When You've Got the IRS?
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. July 15, 2013 04:01 PMWhile not many taxpayers consider the Internal Revenue Service a friend, most do expect the agency to protect their data like a brother. That’s why news revealed last week about a database the IRS posted online of filings for so-called Section 527 organizations, such as political campaign committees, was particularly disturbing. The IRS removed the database from public view after it was informed by a watchdog group, Public.Resource.Org, that it contained the Social Security numbers of tens of thousands of Americans.